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Hamilton appointed Writers Vic CEO

Thursday, 17 September 2020
Lucy Hamilton has been appointed CEO of Writers Victoria, replacing Angela Savage, who has been appointed the inaugural CEO of Public Libraries Victoria. Hamilton has been general manager and CEO...

Good Books: a new bookshop for Wellington 

Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Writers Catherine Robertson and Jane Arthur will open their new bookshop Good Books in Wellington in early October. Books+Publishing spoke to the pair about venturing into retail post–New Zealand lockdown....

Avila wins 2020 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize

Wednesday, 16 September 2020
In the UK, Australian writer Jacob P Avila has won the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript for his self-published novel Cave Diver. Avila receives a world...

APA, Australia Reads to host Indies Virtual Roadshow

Wednesday, 16 September 2020
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) and Australia Reads are hosting a free online roadshow showcasing upcoming releases from independent publishers today, Wednesday, 16 September. The 12 independent publishers presenting at...

PRH acquires Madden’s ‘Anything But Fine’ 

Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to YA novel Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden. The novel’s teenage protagonist Luca Mason has been preparing to audition for...

QBD unrolls Australian Geographic kiosks 

Wednesday, 16 September 2020
QBD has unrolled three Australian Geographic kiosks within its stores at Carindale, Chermside and Joondalup as part of its retail partnership with the Australian Geographic brand. The partnership also includes...

Booker Prize 2020 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 16 September 2020
The shortlist for the 2020 Booker Prize has been announced. The six books shortlisted for the £50,000 (A$90,000) prize are: The New Wilderness (Diane Cook, Oneworld) This Mournable Body (Tsitsi Dangarembga, Faber)...

Daunt outlines plan for Barnes & Noble

Tuesday, 15 September 2020
In the US, Barnes & Noble (B&N) CEO James Daunt has outlined his strategy for the bookselling chain in a virtual Q&A with Book Industry Study Group executive director Brian...

Arathimos wins 2020 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award

Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Michalia Arathimos has won the the 2020 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for her short story collection Apologia (originally titled ‘The Free Box’). Judge Justin Wolfers described the collection as...

S&S acquires biography ‘The Nazis Knew My Name’ 

Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Nazis Knew My Name, Maya Lee's biography of her mother, Australian–Slovakian Auschwitz survivor Magda Hellinger. Lee's book is based on...

Vic gov reveals support package for small businesses

Monday, 14 September 2020
The Victorian government has announced a $3 billion package to support small businesses affected by the Covid-19 lockdown, reports the ABC. The package includes $1.1 billion in cash grants to...

Bookshop.org launches in the UK

Monday, 14 September 2020
In the UK, Bookshop.org, a retail site for independent booksellers, has launched to the trade ahead of its planned opening to consumers in November, reports the Bookseller. UK bookshops can...

Hardie Grant, Kellow launch Ultimo Press 

Monday, 14 September 2020
Hardie Grant has announced the launch of Ultimo Press, a new Sydney-based publishing house to be led by former HarperCollins ANZ CEO James Kellow as managing director and ‘backed by’...

Ubud to run as Kembali 2020

Monday, 14 September 2020
The organisers of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) have announced the annual festival will combine with the Ubud Food Festival in 2020 to create Kembali 2020, a festival...

Vickerman wins SLQ Young Writers Award

Thursday, 10 September 2020
Ellen Vickerman has won the the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) Young Writers Award for her short story 'Unit K13', described by the judges as ‘a standout winner’. Vickerman receives...

NT Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced

Thursday, 10 September 2020
The shortlists for this year’s Northern Territory Literary Awards were announced in August. The finalists in each category are: Short story award ($1000) 'Of Ruts and Roars'  (Mhairi Duncan) 'Bull...

O’Farrell wins 2020 Women’s Prize for ‘Hamnet’

Thursday, 10 September 2020
UK author Maggie O’Farrell has won the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel Hamnet (Tinder Press). Chosen from a shortlist of six and a longlist of 16, Hamnet is inspired...

NT Writers Festival program announced

Wednesday, 9 September 2020
The program for this year’s NT Writers Festival, which runs from 1–4 October, has been announced. The festival’s theme is ‘Gunamidirra garawa birditj | when the tides turn’. Live events, including...

Grattan Street Press shortlisted for higher education award

Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Grattan Street Press (GSP), the University of Melbourne's teaching press, has been named a finalist in the Learning Experience category of the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) 2020 Higher Education Awards....

No physical exhibitors at 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair

Wednesday, 9 September 2020
This year’s Frankfurt Book Fair won’t feature physical exhibitors due to the Covid-19 pandemic, reports the Bookseller. Organisers said it was no longer feasible to hold the planned ‘special edition’...

 

 

 

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